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The problem lies with owners, say experts. Ignorant people buy them because they want a status symbol, and then don’t care for the dog’s needs
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HomeExplainedPitbull, the strong 'bully breed' of dog that has attacked several people around Delhi
Pitbull, the strong ‘bully breed’ of dog that has attacked several people around Delhi
The problem lies with owners, say experts. Ignorant people buy them because they want a status symbol, and then don’t care for the dog’s needs
Written by Abhinaya Harigovind
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New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2022 2:07:38 pm
Pitbulls have a nature that is typical of the breed; however, the problem is often more with the dog owners rather than the dogs. (File Photo)On September 3, a pitbull that had been taken on a walk in a park in Ghaziabad escaped its owner and attacked a 10-year-old boy, severely injuring him. Last month, a six-year-old was attacked in Loni, also in Ghaziabad, and a woman was attacked in Gurgaon, by pitbulls in both instances. And in July, a pitbull attacked an elderly woman in Lucknow. What is it about pitbulls?
The nonprofit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote to the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying in July this year that people chose to keep dogs like pitbulls because of their aggressive nature. Pitbulls, the letter said, belong to a “bully breed” that was “originally bred for bull-and-bear-baiting (a form of ‘entertainment’ in which dogs are incited to attack a captive bull or bear)”.
Bear-baiting was a sport in England until it was banned in 1835. PETA requested the Minister that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dog breeding and Marketing) Rules, 2017, be amended to prohibit “keeping and breeding foreign breeds” of dogs bred for “fighting, racing”.
Tandrali Kuli, who works with Friendicoes, a nonprofit that cares for stray, abandoned, and injured dogs, said the expression ‘pitbull’ is usually used for four different breeds of dogs: the American Pit Bull Terrier, the Staffordshire Terrier, the Bull Terrier, and the American Bully.
“They were bred as a cross between bulldogs and terriers. So, they have the strength of bulldogs and the tenacity of terriers. They were bred to fight bulls,” Kuli said.
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